An organic farm-to-table restaurant with a view

Nearly a kilometer north of any pavement lies a lovely building on stilts. Within is a restaurant serving the freshest of fresh organic food. Without is largely rice paddies, with the exception of the restaurant's own organic farm (and experimental rice fields). Called Sari Organik, this compound is a lovely stop about one-fifth of the way into a rice paddy walk north of Ubud.

I started with the Thai salad, a mix of fresh lettuces, cucumber, grated carrot, and huge slices of fresh young coconut. The dressing was similarly Thai, with lemon, coconut, and oil as the main notes. Some fresh homemade bread with twin butters and a "Purple haze" smoothie, a mix of, among other things, berries, tofu, and mint, rounded out the starter course. Both were good, but not great. The fresh coconut was nice, smooth and subtle. But the rest of the salad, including the dressing, lacked any bursts of flavor. The smoothie had some fun flavors but was so grainy as to be hard to drink. The bread was very yummy but too few.

So, I moved on to the main course, Greek grilled vegetable plate with fish. This time I paired it with the "green cleanser" drink, which had broccoli and apple, among others. This scored much higher marks. The grilled veggies and fish were cooked well. More importantly, they were covered in a delicious light oil seasoning that really brought out the natural flavors of the food and paired it with notes of fresh herbs. The fries were more than they looked too, a mix of regular and sweet potatoes. And the green cleanser was scrumptious and fantastic at beating back a hangover-induced lull.

Of course, the view of the rice paddies and the absent sound of traffic weren't so shabby either!